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Peja Stojaković
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Serbian-Greek basketball player
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Peja Stojaković, born Predrag Stojaković on June 9, 1977, in Požega, was a male basketball player who competed as a small forward. His professional career spanned from 1992 to 2011. He was drafted by the Sacramento Kings and played in the National Basketball Association. During his career, he was a member of the Toronto Raptors, KK Crvena zvezda, New Orleans Pelicans, and P.A.O.K. B.C.
Stojaković represented the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia, and Serbia and Montenegro in international competition. He participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics, the 2002 FIBA World Championship, EuroBasket 1999, and EuroBasket 2001. He held citizenship in Serbia, the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro, and Greece. Standing 206 cm tall and weighing 100 kg, he spoke Modern Greek, Serbian, and English. He received the FIBA Hall of Fame award.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Active from
- 1950-07-24
- Active to
- 2016-05-03
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Vortex grinding for mechanochemistry: application for automated supramolecular catalysis and preparation of a metal–organic framework
· 2012 · cited 95x
- Effect of nitric oxide – releasing compounds on phytochrome – controlled germination of Empress tree seeds
· 1998 · cited 64x
- On the possibility of incorporating Mn(II) and Cr(III) in SAPO-34 in the presence of isopropylamine as a template
· 1993 · cited 59x
- Positional Games
· 2014 · cited 56x
- Discrete Double‐to‐Quadruple Aromatic Stacks: Stepwise Integration of Face‐to‐Face Geometries in Cocrystals Based on Indolocarbazole
· 2013 · cited 53x
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Key facts
- 2006
- Indiana Pacers
- 2011
- Dallas Mavericks
- Born
- ( 1977-06-09 ) 9 June 1977 (age 48) , Slavonska Požega , SR Croatia , SFR Yugoslavia
- Nationality
- Serbian
- Listed height
- 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
- Listed weight
- 229 lb (104 kg)
- Nba draft
- 1996 : 1st round, 14th overall pick
- Drafted by
- Sacramento Kings
- Playing career
- 1992–2011
- Position
- Small forward
- Number
- 8, 16
- 1992 1993
- Crvena zvezda
- 1993 1998
- PAOK
- 1998 2006
- Sacramento Kings
- 2006 2010
- New Orleans Pelicans
- 2010 2011
- Toronto Raptors
- Points
- 13,647 (17.0 ppg)
- Rebounds
- 3,782 (4.7 rpg)
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Team
- _Retired Basketball
- Position
- Small Forward
- Nationality
- Serbia
via TheSportsDB
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Encyclopedic overview
Predrag Stojaković (Serbian Cyrillic: Предраг Стојаковић, pronounced [ˌprêdraːɡ ˈstôjaːkoʋit͜ɕ]; born 9 June 1977), known by his nickname Peja (Peđa, Пеђа, pronounced [ˈpêd͡ʑa]), is a Serbian former professional basketball player and basketball executive. Stojaković played for five teams in an NBA career that spanned from 1998 to 2011. Standing at 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m), he played mostly as a small forward. Stojaković starred for the Sacramento Kings in the 2000s and was named an NBA All-Star three times during his Kings tenure. He is regarded as one of the greatest shooters in NBA history, having made 1,760 three-point field goals in his career; this total ranked fourth all-time upon his retirement from the NBA. Stojaković won an NBA championship with the Dallas Mavericks in 2011.
After starting in Crvena zvezda and while playing for PAOK, Stojaković was drafted 14th overall by the Sacramento Kings in the 1996 NBA draft. In the NBA, he had a breakthrough season in 2000–01, averaging 20.4 points and 5.8 rebounds while shooting .400 from three-point range in his first season as a starter. He finished second in voting for the 2001 Most Improved Player Award. A three-time All-Star and a member of the 2004 All-NBA Second Team, Stojaković enjoyed success with the Kings, reaching the 2002 Western Conference Finals. He also played for the Indiana Pacers, New Orleans Hornets and Toronto Raptors. Stojaković ended his NBA career in 2011 as a member of the Dallas Mavericks. He won the NBA Three-Point Contest two times during the All-Star Weekend competitions.
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